Ornamenting die



AFeb. 12, 1935. C, G, DEUBEL 1,990,932

ORNAMENTING DIE Filed NOV. 25, 1932 i 2 Sheets-Shea?I l @a Figli.-

Feb. 12, 1935. l Q DEUBELv 1,990,932

ORNAMENTING DIE Filed NOV. 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig En ,f r-fgj" www Patented Feb. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES ORNAMENTING DIE Carl George Deubel, St. Louis, Mo., assigner to Progressive Service Company, St. Louis, M0., a corporation of Missouri Application November- 25, 1932, serial No. 644,232

` 20 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to ornamenting dies, and has special reference to dies designed and adapted for use in producing ornamental outlines and configurations or ornamental cut-out openings in leather and other materials used in the manufacture of shoes, although the invention may be applied to other uses.

An object of the invention is to 'provide an improved ornamenting die equipped with a swinging carrierA for the material to be ornamented, and means for securing the material invconnection with said carrier in an adjusted or gaged position whereby the carrier will place the work in a desired relationship adjacent to the ornamenting die preparatory for operation of a machine whereby the ornamenting dies are caused rto produce the desired effect upon the material.

Another object of the invention is to equip an improved ornamenting die with a swinging support provided with holding means for engaging and holding the material tobe ornamented in connection therewith in such a position and adjustment that when the support is moved adjacent to the die, the finished surface of the material to be ornamented is presented toward and located adjacent to the die, so that when the machine is operated to cause the die to function, the cutting or ornamenting edges of the die will operate first and directly against the iinished surface of the material, thus avoiding the formation of shreds and fibers that might be visible when the article is completed. c

Another object of the invention is toprovide an improved ornamenting die for use in producing v ornamental outlines and configurations upon, or

ornamental cuts-outs in and through shoeuppers and other materials and articles, in combination with a swingingV support adapted to engage and support the shoe uppers or other materials and to place the same with the nished outer surfaces thereof toward and adjacent to the orna- Vmenting and cutting edges of the die whereby7 the production and formation of objectionable fibers and shreds at or about the outlines and configurations and cut-outs is prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved ornamenting die of the type and character mentioned and. designed and adapted for the purposes indicated embodying improved devices for supporting and gaging the material to be ornamented by the die.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved support and gage for the material to be ornamented with equipment for supporting tted shoe uppers and similar parts thereon or outer surfaceof the shoe upper adjacent-,to the Y die. f

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the die, theparts being shown in theV position in which they are in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the die, showing theV fitted shoe upper located with the finished outer surface thereof toward or against the die.

Fig. 4V is a side elevation of'the'die having the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlargedr vertical cross sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional View of a portion of the stripper plate.

In the embodiment of the invention shown, my Y improved die and the swinging support for the material are mountedI on a portable support 1. The entire invention is designed and constructed so that it may be easily placed in or-removed from a machine, such as a die press, .in order to cause the die to perform its intended function. For this purpose, the die and the combined gage and support for the material to be ornamented are mounted on the portable support 1.

A number of posts 2 are rigid with the support 1 and extend upwardly therefrom and preferably have threaded holes 3 in their upper ends.

Any appropriate form of die base 4 may be mounted on the upper endsvof the posts 2 and .attached thereto by removable and replaceable screws 5. The screws 5 have their heads mounted in cavities 6 in the base 4 and have their stems extending through the lower portion of said base and screwed into the threaded cavities 3. TheV base 4 has numerous holes 7 through Vwhich the cut-out and waste material is discharged. These holes are arranged and formed in any desired relationship to conform with the arrangement of the cutting out dies 8 which produce ornamental cut-outs in the shoe upper or other material to be ornainented by ornamental cut-outs.

The dies 8 are of the open type, so that the material cut out thereby will pass jthrough the dies and be discharged through the holes 7.

The dies 8 are mounted rigidly-in holes in a plate 9 by fasteners 13.

Y' base 4.

`As clearly Vshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the dies 8 are arranged in ornamental series. As in dicated, the dies 8 formrcut-outs or openings in.

' lshoe upper is toward and against the plate 23 and and through the material to be ornamented.

' A stripperplate 11 is mounted on van elastic support 12 seated on and secured to the holder YThe elastic support 12 has an opening 14 through which the dies 8 .pro. ject, and the stripper plateV 11 has holes 15-above .the respective dies 8. 'The upper surface of the elastic support 12 is in'rapproximate alinement with the upperends ofthe cutting out dies 8,V

lsof that the upper surface of the stripper plate 11 is upwardly beyond theupper ends of said Vdies 8. When the die press is operated and the di'e lis located therein, the elastic support 12 will yield and permit vthe dies 8 to project through the `holes15 andbeyond the upper surface of :the stripper plate and into and through the material' in which the cut-out openings are to be formed. v

Other -series of ornamenting, diesV 16 may be provided in connection with the stripper plate 11. As shown, these dies 16 are in rigid connec- -tionwith the stripper-plate 11 and are inthe form of Ateeth or projections extending upwardly froms'aid stripper plate-and of less length y.than

.the thicknessof the material to be orna'mentedV thereby; so that when the material is pressed 'against said dies 16, said material will not'be "perforated butwillr-be indented.

" The dies f8 andthe ,diesr 16 :may obviously be arrangedY in any desired relationship so as to Vprobyan intervening space 18.

Y dentations in a shoe upper, for instance.

A Vpair of posts 17 are rigid withthe support' `duce any-desired ornamental cut-outs and inl-andare separated from the series of posts 2 Aplate 19 is connectedwith a hinge member 20 lmounted on aA hinge pin 21 removably supported by the posts 17 to permit removal and replacej A24 and has therein an opening 25 that willregister j ffii Vwiththe opening ,22 in the plate 19 when the plates 19 vand 23 are superimposed. Gaging formations 26 and 27 are formed in connection with the plate 23, which function as visible gages `to facilitate the proper centering of a lfitted shoe upper, or other material to be ornamentedin connection with the combinedV work support and gage, comprising the plates 19and 23.; As specifically shown, the gaging formation 26 is an indentation'o'r notchin the plate 23 and the gaging formation 27 is a pointed projection in connection withl said plate 23'. The fitted shoe upper, or other material, may be manipulated until any marks or outlines thereon are brought into proper gaging relation to Ythe gagin'g parts 26 and 27 to center the'shoe upper, ory other material, properly foroperationof the die. f

Clamping devices, comprising arms 28, are connected with the plate 19 by pivots 29 and have resilient clamps 30 in connection with the free ends thereof. Y y

A fitted shoe upper 31 is shown mounted and `aged between the plates 19 and 23 in a Yrelationship in which the vamp of the fitted shoe upper extends across the openings 22 4and 25 and the heel portion of the shoe upper is re# ceived in the space 18. This fitted shoe upper Yis turned inside out, as shown in the drawings,

so that the outer or finished surface of the tted the lining ofthe fitted shoe upper is toward and against theY plate 19. The fitted shoe upper Yis gaged by'rnanipulation and adjustment until itA Y is centered properly between the plates 19 and 23. Then the arms 28'are swung to engage the clamps 30 With'the marginal edges of the plates 19 and 23, thereby clamping said Vplates o n and Yagainst the interposediitted shoe upper, orother The plate'19 is extended from the or-V material. namenting die, which extends upwardly.' When the iittedshoe upper, or other material, is applied and gaged andy clamped between theY platesg19 and 23, the outer or nished surface of the'fltted Yshoe upper, or other material, is'upperinost and is Yplainly visible at the gaging parts 26 and 27 and through Ythe opening 25in the yplate 23. After the fitted shoe upper, Aor other material, has been gaged and clamped, the support therefor, comprising the plates 19 and 23, is swung over,

as indicated by the arcuate line `32 (Fig. Y2), t0` vthe position shown in Figs. 3, 4'and 5. As there shown, the opening 25gwill receive the stripper ka0 n plate 11 and permit the ornamenting dies'16 to y engageV vand contact with the outer or finished surface of the fitted shoe uppenor other material. Then the dieis'placed in the Vdie press, or :other` machine, and said machine is operated to cause the` dies 8 to lcut into land through the material Yby cutting-`iirst into and through the outer or formation of fibers around the edges o'f-the'cutouts at the outerV or exposed surface `of the material. The elastic support 12 yields to permit the cutting operation of the dies 8 and to permit the indenting action ofthe dies 16;

Y The cut-out pieces are discharged throughV the hollow diesV 8 and through the holes 7. When lfinished surface of the material, thus .avoiding the Then the clamps 'Y improved die may be easily and speedilyperformed and more artisticeiiectsproduced than by dies in which'the cutting and ornamenting operations are performed otherwise than directly and initially against the outer orrfinishedsurface of the material that is ornamented.

A frame 33 is rigidlyV attached to the posts V17 by removableand replaceable fasteners 34. Said frame 33 projects beyond the posts 17 in a direc--` tion away from the ornamenting die in position to support the plate 19 in its extended adjustment, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Also, the frame 33 constitutes a handle whereby the ornamenting diev maybe placed in and removed from a die press. The invention obtains all of its intended ob= jects and purposes inA an efficient and satisfactory 'mannen and may be variedwidely within the scope of equivalent limits without departure from the nature and principle of the invention. I do not restrict myself in unessential particulars,

.butfcontemplate such variations as may be nec- -essary to adapt the invention to its intended ysaid die, and means pivotally supported at the opposite end of said member-for securing the material to'be ornamented in connection with said member for movement thereby to position adjacent to said die. f

2. A device of the character described comprising a support, a vertically extended die rigidly supported by said support, a support for the material to be ornamented,` a horizontal pivot supporting one end of said second support at a distance from said die for swinging movements toward and from said die, and means pivoted to the opposite end of said second support for securing the material to beV ornamented in connection with said support therefor.

3. A portable supporta vertically extended ornamenting die rigid with said support, a member having one vend pivotally supported by said support at a distance from said die for swinging movements about a horizontal axis to and from position across said die,.an element pivotally connected with the opposite end of said member, and means for holding said member and said element in position to support between them the material to be ornamented by said die.

4. A device of the character described comprising a rigid verticalh7 extended ornamenting die in combination with a support pivoted at one end for swinging movements toward and from said die, and means carried by said support at a distance from said pivoted end for attaching to said support a fitted shoe upper in a relationship in which said support will move the tted shoe upper toward said die with the iinished outer surface of the iitted shoe upper toward the die.

5. A device of the character described comprising a rigid vertically extended ornamenting die, a stripper plate yieldingly supported adjacent to said die, a plate pivotally supported at one end at a distance from said die for swinging movements about a horizontal axis and having an opening that is above the die when the plate is adjacent to the die, a plate hinged to the opposite end of said iirst plate for cooperation therewith to hold between them the material to be ornamented by said die and having an opening that is above the die when the material to be ornamented is supported adjacent to said die, and means ior holding said plates in cooperative relationship to support between them the material to be ornamented.

6. A device of the character described comprising a rigid vertically extended ornamenting die, a clamp pivoted at one end for swinging movements about a horizontal axis toward and from said die, and means supported by said clamp for attaching to said clamp a tted shoe upper for movement by said clamp to position adjacent to said die preparatory for operation of said die.

7. A device of the character described comprising a rigid vertically extended die, a clamp for a tted shoe upper, means pivotally supporting said clamp at one endfor. swinging movements about a horizontal axis toward and from said die,'and means supported by said clamp for securing to be presented to the die when said clamp is moved toward said die. w

8.. A device or" the character described comprising a rigid vertically extended die, a clamp for supporting a fitted shoe upper, meanspivotally supporting said clamp at one end for swinging movements about a horizontal axis toward and from said die, means supported by said clamp for securing to said clamp a tted shoe upper in a relationship in which the nished outer surfacev vand means for supporting said device extended from said die in position to receive the material to be ornamented.

`10.,A rigid vertically extended ornamenting die, a clamping device'pivotally supported on a horizontal axis at a distance from said ornainenting die for supporting and moving the material to be ornamented to position adjacent to said die, means for supporting said device extended from said die in position to receive the material to be ornamented, and means for clamping to said device the material to be ornamented.

11. A device of theV character described comprising a rigid vertically extended ornamenting die, a swinging clamp device movable about a horizontal axis from position adjacent to said die to position in which said support extends from said die, means for clamping the material to be ornamented in said clamping device, and a member for supporting said device extended from ysaid die in position to receive the material to be ornamented.

12. A device of the character described comprising a portable support, a vertically extended die rigid on said support, a horizontal pivot carried by said support and separated from said die by an intervening space, a clamp member mounted at one end on said pivot for swinging movements to and from position in which said clamp member extends across said die, and means supported by said clamp member for securing a tted shoe upper in connection with said clamp member when said clamp member is extended from ,said die in position in which said clamp member said clamp member is away from said die so that said clamp Amember will invert said shoe upper and piace the finished outer surface thereof downwardly toward the die and the heel portion of said upper in said space when said clamp member is .said clamp a tted shoe upper in a relationship Y in which the nnished outer surface thereof will swung aboutsaid horizontal laxis to position across Y vsaid die.

14. A device of thel character described comprising a support, ajvertically extended die rigid von said support, a clamp device, means pivotally vsupporting said clamp device at Yone end for swinging movements aboutal horizontal axis from position in .whichrsaid clamp device is inverted and extends away from said die to position in which said clamp device extends across said die, means supported by said clamp7device for securing a tted shoe upper in connectionrwith said clamp device in position in'which the nished outer sur- 4,face of the shoe upper will be placed downwardly towardsaid die when said clamp device is moved to position-to extend across said die, and Ymeans forming a space to receive the heel portion of theV shoe upper at theside of said die.

Y `15. In a, shoe partv ornamenting machine, th

combination with ornamenting means,roflV means for fgagingeither a right or left shoe part from the grain or finished face thereof movable thereafter to locate the gaged face directly over the ornamenting. means.

- Y16. In a, shoe part ornamenting machine, the

combinationY with 'ornamenting means, of Ymeans for gaging that face of the shoe part which is exposed to the operatives view movable in the machine thereafter to locate the gaged face directly lover the ornamenting means. Y Y,

17. a shoe'part ornamenting machine, the combination with ornamentin'g'means, of a shoe part gaging mask, overlying the ornamentingl means, constructed to register with some portion of that i'ace of the shoe upper part that. is Vexposed to the operatives View during the gaging operation and gage saidface, yand'reversible in the machine to position the gaged face directly over the ornamenting means. v Y Y 18. In a shoe partornamenting machine, the combination with ornamenting means, of a combined shoe part holder andgaging mask overlying the ornamenting means constructed to register with some portion of vthat face of the shoe is exposed to the operatives View during the gaging operation andv gage said `face, and reversible in the machine to position the gaged face Vdirectly over thestripper plate;

*stripper plate, vconstructed to `register with someV Y K portion of that face of the shoeupper part that 20. In a shoe part ornamenting machine, the

Ycombination with perforating means and astripper plate therefor provided with marking means, of a shoe'part gaging mask, overlying the stripper plate, constructed to register with some portion of that face of. the shoe upper part that is exposed to the operatives view during the gaging operation and gageV said face, and reversible ini the machine to position the -gaged facedirectly Yover the stripper plate. Y

CARL GEORGE DEUBEL.

l 10 upper part thatV is exposed to the operatives view Y 

